在线阅读本书 Long the classic anthology of poetry in English, The Norton Anthology of Poetry , Fifth Edition, adds to its wealth of known and loved poems a rich gathering of new poetry. Beginning with Beowulf , newly represented by selections from Seamus Heaney's dazzling translation, and continuing to the present day, The Norton Anthology of Poetry includes over 1,700 poems b...(展开全部)

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Illuminating the dark side of the American century, "The Monster Show" uncovers the surprising links between horror entertainment and the great social crises of our time, as well as horror's function as a pop analogue to surrealism and other artistic movements. With penetrating analyses and revealing anecdotes, David J. Skal chronicles one of our most popular and pervasive mode...(展开全部)

A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District's prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective Washington Poe is brought back from suspension and into an investigation he wants no part of. Reluctantly partnered with the brilliant but sociall...(展开全部)

This Norton Critical Edition includes twenty-eight tales from The Arabian Nights translated by Husain Haddawy on the basis of the oldest existing Arabic manuscript. Few works of literature are as familiar and beloved as The Arabian Nights. Yet few remain also as unknown. In English, The Arabian Nights is a literary work of relatively recent date—the first versions of the tales ...(展开全部)

威廉·莎士比亚于1564年4月26日在埃文河畔的英格兰小镇斯特拉特福受洗，是富商约翰·莎士比亚和他的妻子玛丽·阿登的第三个孩子。据推测，少年时期的莎士比亚就读过斯特拉特福文法学校，并在那里学习了英语、希腊语和拉丁语。但历史学家不能确定莎士比亚具体的出生日期。 1582年，莎士比亚与安妮·哈撤韦结婚。这对夫妇在1583年有了女儿苏珊娜，两年后又有7双胞胎哈姆尼特和朱迪思。在1585年到1592年期间，莎士比亚住在伦敦。在那里，他先是当了一名演员，后来成为了剧作家。他的剧团即国王剧团，经常在环球剧场表演，莎士比亚是该剧场的股东之一。 莎士比亚一生共写了37部戏剧、一些诗歌和大量的十四行诗。1611年，他离开剧场喧嚣的生活，归隐于斯特拉特福镇，住在镇上的第二大房子里，成为了一名乡绅。这之后，莎士比亚度过了5年平静的生活于1616年4月2...(展开全部)

Comprising the complete works of William Shakespeare, based on the Oxford edition, this book has been edited and annotated to provide a single-column text. Each play has an introduction aimed at encouraging a fresh approach to the work. In the general introduction, the editor draws a picture of everyday life in Elizabethan England: the culture, the people, commerce, politics an...(展开全部)

威廉·莎士比亚于1564年4月26日在埃文河畔的英格兰小镇斯特拉特福受洗，是富商约翰·莎士比亚和他的妻子玛丽·阿登的第三个孩子。据推测，少年时期的莎士比亚就读过斯特拉特福文法学校，并在那里学习了英语、希腊语和拉丁语。但历史学家不能确定莎士比亚具体的出生日期。 1582年，莎士比亚与安妮·哈撤韦结婚。这对夫妇在1583年有了女儿苏珊娜，两年后又有7双胞胎哈姆尼特和朱迪思。在1585年到1592年期间，莎士比亚住在伦敦。在那里，他先是当了一名演员，后来成为了剧作家。他的剧团即国王剧团，经常在环球剧场表演，莎士比亚是该剧场的股东之一。 莎士比亚一生共写了37部戏剧、一些诗歌和大量的十四行诗。1611年，他离开剧场喧嚣的生活，归隐于斯特拉特福镇，住在镇上的第二大房子里，成为了一名乡绅。这之后，莎士比亚度过了5年平静的生活于1616年4月2...(展开全部)

Comprising the complete works of William Shakespeare, based on the Oxford edition, this book has been edited and annotated to provide a single-column text. Each play has an introduction aimed at encouraging a fresh approach to the work. In the general introduction, the editor draws a picture of everyday life in Elizabethan England: the culture, the people, commerce, politics an...(展开全部)

Style is the material body of lyric poetry, Helen Vendler suggests. To cast off an earlier style is to do an act of violence to the self. Why might a poet do this, adopting a sharply different form? In this exploration of three kinds of break in poetic style, Vendler clarifies the essential connection between style and substance in poetry. Opening perspectives in the work of th...(展开全部)